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Chanthaly

Name: Chanthaly
Released: 2012

ຈັນທະລີ

2012

A frail young woman living a sheltered life begins seeing visions of her dead mother, and cannot tell whether they are a side effect of her medication or a genuine message from beyond the grave. A quietly eerie ghost story — Laos's first horror film.

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Part of 2 Essential Films from Laos

This film is stop 2 of 2 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Laos. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Laos in the 196 country film challenge.